Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Ellington At Newport (Columbia, 1956)

Questo doppio cd - uscito nel 1999 - ripropone fedelmente il memorabile concerto che Duke Ellington tenne al festival di Newport nel 1956, ovvero nel periodo in cui sostenere una formazione ampia come quella della sua big band stava iniziando a rivelarsi difficile. Quella sua partecipazione gli donò una nuova popolarità e lo stesso Ellington era solito dire di essere rinato a Newport '56. Da quell'anno in poi è diventato un ospite fisso del festival (così come per molti altri festival simili che cominciavano a nascere in quegli anni). Tra le performance migliori da segnalare il leggendario  assolo di Paul Gonsalves in Diminuendo e Crescendo in Blue.

Take The A Train

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Ray Nance (vocals, trumpet); Jimmy Grisson (vocals); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); John Cook, Clark Terry, William "Cat" Anderson (trumpet); John Sanders, Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (trombone); Jimmy Woode (bass); Sam Woodyard (drums).

Track Title Disc 1

01 Star Spangled Banner
02 Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra, Duke Introduces
03 Black And Tan Fantasy
04 Duke Introduces Cook & Tune
05 Tea For Two
06 Duke & Band Leave Stage, Father Norman O'Connor Talks About The Festival
07 Take The A Train
08 Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train & Nance, Duke Introduces...
09 Part I, Festival Junction
10 Duke Announces Soloists: Introduces Part II
11 Part II, Blues To Be There
12 Duke Announces Nance & Procope: Introduces Part III
13 Part III, Newport Up
14 Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry, Duke Introduces Carney & Tune
15 Sophisticated Lady
16 Duke Announces Grissom & Tune
17 Day In, Day Out
18 Duke Introduces Tune(S) And Paul Gonsalves Interludes
19 Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue (Live)
20 Announcements, Pandemonium
21 Pause

Track Title Disc 2

01 Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
02 I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
03 Jeep's Blues
04 Duke Calms Crowd; Introduces Nance & Tune
05 Tulip or Turnip
06 Riot Prevention
07 Skin Deep
08 Mood Indigo
09 Studio Concert (excerpts)
10 Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington, Duke Introduces New Work, Part I and Hamilton
11 Part I, Festival Junction (Production)
12 Duke Announces Soloists: Introduces Part II
13 Part II, Blues To Be There (Production)
14 Duke Announces Nance & Procope: Introduces Part III
15 Part III, Newport Up (Production)
16 Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves and Terry, Pause, Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
17 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Production)
18 Jeep's Blues (Studio)
19 Pause Track

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